Tile and flooring specialist Topps remains cautious despite a strong trading performance in the latest quarter.
The firm – which has 15 Scottish outlets including a store in Dundee – saw like for like revenues increase by 9.3% in the first 13 weeks of the current financial year to December 28.
The measure was against a positive comparitor in the same quarter in 2012 when sales grew by 1.6%.
Chief executive Matthew Williams hailed the the company’s performance in the quarter but cautioned that it would be a challenge to maintain sales levels going forward.
“Topps traded strongly over the first quarter, with an acceleration in like for like sales growth over the final month of the period,” Mr Williams said.
“Whilst we are encouraged by this and remain optimistic about prospects for 2014, at this early stage in the year we remain cautious of projecting forward this level of performance.
“Trading over the second quarter will be key in this regard.”
Topps is due to hold its annual general meeting on January 24 and a further trading update will be delivered in late March.